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It's baaaaack! Do you remember? It's that time of year! The 2010 Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Triathlon will be hosted by Clearwater Beach and Clearwater in just two weeks! That's right, it's coming on Saturday, November 13th! I know you are dying to get fired up and ready for it, so I am loading up this post with all kinds of links and information for you! First off, here is a link to the main web page for the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Triathlon. BUT... don't run off just yet, we've got more cool pictures below, and extra special, direct, specific links to the information you are looking for!Click for larger picture in a new window
I know what a lot of people are wondering and worrying about: THE TRAFFIC!!! How much of a mess is it going to be? What am I going to do? How will I get where I want to go? Don't worry, calm down. It really will be alright. I want you all to remember to show these athletes and the visitors who come to see them what a great place Clearwater Beach is, and what a wonderful bunch of people we have here! How about that traffic map Wayne??? Okay, here is the link to the Traffic Impact brochure. It's an Adobe pdf file, so it will either download or open in a browser window, depending on your browser settings.
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But I have to tell you, I looked over that traffic brochure, and I don't think it's all that clear. So I dug around until I found the links to the course maps. They are all Adobe pdf files, so they will either download or open in the browser, depending on your browser settings. Here is the link for the swim course. This link will show you the bike course. This last link will show you the running course.
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For those of you who are interested in the athletes that have worked so hard to qualify for such a daunting challenge as this, you can visit the Athletes Guide web page to learn more about them. If you aren't really interested in ANY of all that broo-ha-ha, you might just want to plan to be at the beach early, find a nice quiet spot to the north of the roundabout, and stay there until later in the afternoon. But then, with scenery like this, how could that be a bad thing?
Now that I have been round and round the various web pages and web sites to find the best information for you, I found a part of the Traffic Impact brochure that may just be the most valuable. So I am taking a chance that they won't hate me, and posting just the intersection guide below. After all, when it comes to the potential traffic nightmare, this may be the Rosetta Stone of it all. :)
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